Prufrock
...obvious. The poem starts with an invitation to go with Prufrock. Here actually Prufrock invites his “other half” along with him. A big city is a big crowd and a big crowd is a big loneliness. This is the main drawback of modern society and Prufrock being one of the victims of that represents the loneliness of a modern man. In order to get rid of his solitariness Prufrock makes himself his companion. “Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table;” Prufrock is a neurotic character who is troubled with an “over-whelming quest”. He is too confused with his attitude towards love and is unable to take any decisive action. His puzzling mind sees the yellow fog and compares it with a cat that makes a sudden leap but like him it is reluctant to take any further action and rests asleep. He indecisively cycles a round even the smallest of concern. “And time for a hundred indecisions And for hundred visions and revisions Before the taking of a toast and tea” Prufrock is utterly self conscious, the self conscious man is aware of himself and how the others are reacting towards him. Therefore he is unable to ask the unstated quest for fear of being rejected. “Oh do not ask what is it?” Prufrock is distinguished with his insipid life style, his overgrowing worries and confusions. All this makes him lazy and he malingers to avoid any duty. Prufrock makes efforts to express himself to others, but his inner tension side tracks him. “And should I then presume? And how should I begin?” He gathers courage to begin but his fear leads him to the silent seas. “I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas” Prufrock consistently feel worse about himself in these situations. The above reference of the “silent seas” is the ultimate in self pitying. He is descending in to his own hell and he brings the readers along with him for safety. Prufrock tries escape from reality by dreaming. His dreams are also a device to stay away from his loneliness. He ...